Tony returned to work and has been working on the renovations at night. He's pretty tired after a long day at the office but he's chugging along. We had a problem with the water pressure in the house the other night. A couple of days go by and we still couldn't figure out what the problem was. The other day, I look out in the yard and I find a whole flock of birds bathing in our backyard. Aw....how cute I say to myself. Then I realize there is a river running through the back yard. What the heck, it rained but it didn't rain that much. I go out to investigate and find out that there was a hole in my well hose. We had to shut down the water and the pump and vacate to a hotel. As a result, Tony lost a few days of construction work and was anxious to get started again. We returned to the house, the repairs were made to the well hose and Tony quickly picked up where he left off. The marble tiles went up fairly quickly and he even installed the bathroom floor by Saturday evening.
Happy days! We waited the mandatory 24 hours before he started to walk on it. He was biting on his nails since he was afraid he was going to hear the tiles crack like potato chips. Since it didn't crack, he started to grout the tiles. The grout was sponged on and we waited for it to cure. We returned home this evening and Tony proceeded to polish the haze off the tiles. I can't believe how beautiful the marble looks. We can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel. All that's left is to install the toilet, install the bath and shower fixtures, hang the medicine cabinets (we hope they arrive this week), wire up the lights and the get bathtub enclosure installed. We can move the vanity back in and start the clean up of the master bedroom and bathroom. I am optimistic that the construction process will be completed by this weekend. This gives me ample time to clean up the master bedroom and move out of the guest room. We'll have the guest room ready by the time our friends arrive in early August for their visit with us.
Tony returned to work and has been working on the renovations at night. He's pretty tired after a long day at the office but he's chugging along. We had a problem with the water pressure in the house the other night. A couple of days go by and we still couldn't figure out what the problem was. The other day, I look out in the yard and I find a whole flock of birds bathing in our backyard. Aw....how cute I say to myself. Then I realize there is a river running through the back yard. What the heck, it rained but it didn't rain that much. I go out to investigate and find out that there was a hole in my well hose. We had to shut down the water and the pump and vacate to a hotel. As a result, Tony lost a few days of construction work and was anxious to get started again. We returned to the house, the repairs were made to the well hose and Tony quickly picked up where he left off. The marble tiles went up fairly quickly and he even installed the bathroom floor by Saturday evening. 
Happy days! We waited the mandatory 24 hours before he started to walk on it. He was biting on his nails since he was afraid he was going to hear the tiles crack like potato chips. Since it didn't crack, he started to grout the tiles. The grout was sponged on and we waited for it to cure. We returned home this evening and Tony proceeded to polish the haze off the tiles. I can't believe how beautiful the marble looks. We can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel. All that's left is to install the toilet, install the bath and shower fixtures, hang the medicine cabinets (we hope they arrive this week), wire up the lights and the get bathtub enclosure installed. We can move the vanity back in and start the clean up of the master bedroom and bathroom. I am optimistic that the construction process will be completed by this weekend. This gives me ample time to clean up the master bedroom and move out of the guest room. We'll have the guest room ready by the time our friends arrive in early August for their visit with us.
